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The Mohammedan's Hours of PRAYER.

The Koran has fixed the hours that
must be consecrated to prayers. These
prayers, namas, are five in number. The
most solemn is the morning prayer. 1t is
the sabah aamazi. 1t is uttered after the
dawn, just before the rising of the sun.
The second is the midday prayer, euile
namasi. The third, ikindynamazi, must
be offered just before the setting of the
sun. The evening prayer, aaeham namasi,
is uttered just before the shadows conceal
the horizon. Finally, the last and fifth
prayer, yatcy namazi, is uttered in the in
terval after sundown and just before
dawn.
The hour of prayer is regularly pro-
claimed to the faithful by the imanas,
called mueszins, who walk around the bal
cony of the minarets, singing, in melan-
choly voice, this unvarying litany: "God,
the most high! here proclaim that there
is no God but God. proclaim that Mo-
hammed is the prophet of God. Come
to the temple of salvation. Great God!
God the most high! There is no God
but Godw Blind men are usually select
ed for muezsins, or at least imams that
suffer from confirmed myopia, so that
they cannot throw inquisitive glances to-
ward the women that may be promenad-
ing on the terraces of the houses.
Christians surround their observance
of prayer with kind of mystery or of
reserve that the Mussulmans know abso-
lutely nothing of. In whatever place a
devout Osmanli may find himself, wheth-
er in his house, in his shop, in the
streets, in a public square, doing bust
ness, or on visit, as soon as the hour of
the 1aansaz is announced, he makes his
religious preparations, places under his
knees small rug, or in default of which
handkerchief, turns his face toward
Mecca, places his arms in the shape of a
cross upon his breast, or putting them to
his forehead, prostrates himself, then
rises-all this slowly and with strict OBJ
servance of rules. If he is in street, he
does not permit himself to be distracted
and disconnected by anything, not even
by the indiscreet curiosity of the Euro
pean, who looks at him astonished by
this novel sight, but who generally has
no desire to ridicule it; for this worship
under the open sky, disregarding social
conventionalities, Indifferent to whatever
may be said, has something grand and sa-
cred about it that banishes all raillery
and inspires respect. Cosmopolitan.
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Motley and Bismarck.

Motley, the American historian, while
at the University of Gottingen, made the
acquaintance of student who Is: now
known as 'the man of blood and iron"
Bismarck and he became friends, and the
friendship lasted until Motley's death.
The two students were once arrested and
lodged in the guard-house for singing
too loudly in the streets of Berlin one
night, as they were returning from STU
dents festival. In Mr.. Whipple's essay
on Motley, the following anecdote is
told: -.
While Motley was American Minister
at the Austrian Court, Bismarck visited
Vienna to settle terms of peace with the
Emperor who had been Prussia's ally in
the war against Denmark. Arriving too
late to 20 to the office of the Minister of
Foreign Affairs, he drove to ~Motley's
house, and found the American Minister
just rising from family dinner. The
old friends joined hands; fresh viands
were brought in from the kitchen, and
the old collegians chatted merrily over
their student life. ~ '-..'' -
1t was long after midnight when Bis
marck departed, unconscious OF or IN:
different to the fact that the brain OF
every foreign ambassador at Vienna had
been wondering at this incident for hours.
What meant this mysterious visit to the
American Minister2 Was there to be an
alliance between Prussia and the United
StatesY Telegrams flew to London, Paris,
Turin and st. Petersburg. Diplomatists
taxed their ingenuity to discover what
the long visit meant. -.
Charles Sumner, as Chairman of the
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations,
received private letters from eminentper-
sons abroad, nervously asking what the
interview signifed. Has the United
States, they asked, determined to depart
from non-i interference in European af-
fairs, as recommended by the immortal
Washington .... a,
Mr.. Sumner, knowing the intimacy be.
tween Motley and Bismarck, smiled, and
years after, the two gentlemen laughed
heartily at the one humorous incident in
American diplomacy which disturbed the
peace of Europe fort two days.
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. Beer Among the Ancients.

A German professor has succeeded in
tracing the origin of boer to the land of
the pyramids. An ancient papyrus has
revealed the wrath of an Egyptian father
who had convicted his son of the dcplor-
able habit of lounging about the Nile
tavcrnS and guzzling beer. From Egypt
the art of manufacturing ''liquid bread, J.
rs the professor aiTcctionately describes
his favorite bccragc, was introduced into
Ethiopia ard the heart of Africa, where
perpetual summer made it scasonable all
the year round The Roman Empire de-
cliued because amoug other things, it
icspiscd beer and was bcguilcd by
stronger but less wholesome fluids. The
Northern races overran Italy, according
to the same authority, because they had
learned to live on bread and beer En-
thusiasm certainly carried the learned
professor long way; and perhaps he has
not reached the end of his archaic re-
searches. Is he certain that the Israelites
did not have beer with their mamma; OF
that there was not fresh brew served
bctimes in Edcn2-Ne0 York Tribune.
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A SPRING SONG.

Q sunshine, have you made the world all
golden
With woudrous. magic art,
Or can it be this light, so new yet o!den,
That Goods my happy heart!
Icannot tell: only know to day
Life dances in the sunshine all the way.
o apple blossoms, all the branches pluming
With feathery sprays of white,
A precious flower for me alone is blooming:
1t opens to the light.
And is it you, with petals falling feet,
Or is it this, that makes the world so sweet!
o joyous birds, think hear you singing
A glad, exultant lay;
And yet the song that in my heart is ringing
OutSings your voice to-day.
You cannot learn that song, dear little birds
"He loves me, loves me, loves me-" are the
words.
Bessie Chandler, in LippincoH
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FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

Microscopes are said to have been in
vented by Jansen in Holland about 1890.
Bearing coats-of-arms was introduced
and became hereditary in England and
France about 1892.
The town of Denbigh, England, will
celebrate the Queens jubilee by opening
o new graveyard. ......
An experiment has developed the fact
that snail can lift perpendicularly, nine
times its own weight. '.
Cock-fghting is the national pastime
in Mexico, but as rule it is only in
dulged in on Sundays and feasts of obli-
cation. -
The term sblue stocking" applied to
literary ladies, was originally conferred
on society comprising both sexes in
1850. Benjamin Stillingficet, the natural
ist, who was prominent member of this
society, wore blue stockings; hence the
name.
The name "Crdle Of Liberty as
applied to Faneuil Hall, was used by
James Otis in his dcdicatory speech,
1854, after the building had been recon
structed, and subsequent associations
raised this term to the dignity of .
prophecy. ~ x =.
Harrison Gilbert, of Chicago, Ill, has
venerable horse. Horse and man went
all through the war without receiving
scratch. The animal is now in his fiftieth
year, and is tenderly cared for, living on
corn bread and bran mash. He has not
tooth in his head. -a...... n
A committee was appointed by Con-
gress to report device for national seal
in 1776. Several were reported, but all
were unsatisfactory, until 1882 a device
was suggested through John Adams, our
Minister to England, by Sir John Prest-
wick, an English antiquary, upon which
the present seal was based. . 80. - =. :.
The word assassin, as applied to a
murderer, comes from the Assassinians, 8
branch of fanatical Mahometans, that set
tied in Persia in 1890. They trained up
young people to murder such people as
their chief had marked for destruction.
They were extirpated in, Persia about
1858, and in Syria about 1879. 49,, =, -: -,
The first meerschaum pipe was carved
in the early part of the Thirty Years
War, and Wallenstein is said to have
bought it. Now the average number. OF
pipes turned out in the center of pipe
manufacture in Germany is $40, 900 real
meerschaums, 100000 imitation rmeer.,
scbaums, 5OO,0O0,OO0 wooden pipes OF
great variety, and many millions, OF clay
bowls, "a; .t7.iet%2rt - =:
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The Generals Bad Wound.

The General stamped briskly on the
tiled floor with his left foot. 81 don't
doubt it." he said. 'It's really remark
able how anything will heal up on o
sound man. In 'G3 I got bayonet
wound through the fcshy part of that
leg, above the knee. That was a small
matter in itself, but set out for the hos
pital by a schooner instead of waiting for
a steam vessel. We should have been
two days on the voyage, but the wind
gave out, and it took us thirteen. There
wasn't doctor on beard, and when we
got to port that leg was about ready to
crawl away. The surgeon looked at it
and said: You'll have to take ch!oro-
form while cleanse this. No, won't,
said I; 'just have them make me six
cocktails When they were made l had
them set in row beside me. He took a
silk handkerchief and drew it through
the wound, bringing out nerves, tendons,
muscles, maggots and all. | had the op-
Grafton timed, and at regular intervals
while it was going on took the six cock
tails. I'll admit that came pretty near
fainting. After that two young sawboncs
came and said they were going to
take my leg off. l had an Irish Ser
eeant on whom I thought could de-
pend, and said: Tim, if these gentle
men don't get out within five minutes
put them out 'Bedad, I wull, sir, he
said and he said it in such a way tnat
they left. The wound healed iii right, as
YOU sce,n the General concluded, but pd
have a brighter financial future If 1t
hadn't. Pm going to get SIG, 900 pension
arrears next month for my other wounds,
and if I'd lost the leg, of course there
would be few thousand moro coming to
me" e."-IHiladclpim Press.
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Bill Nye.

Bill Nyc, the Western humorist was in
the city the other day. He is tall
lank, smooth-faced, bald-headed sinner
who wears glasses and is as mild ana
pleasant as shepherd dog. He began
his career as writer in Wyoming, where
nc was first heard of as the editor, pro,
prietor and manager of paper called
the Boomerang. lie had first tried his
hand at mining, and in the course OF his
experience became possessed OF a mule
which he called Boomerang. When he
dropped into journalism he honored his
faithful, long-earcd partner by comforting
his name on the paper. At least that's
what Bill says. by the way, his name is
not Bill, but Edgar W. Nyc, and he is
one of the most domestic men in the
country. He is particularly fond OF OF n, ms
babies, and, like all humorits, is as full
of pathos as a woman. But he can tell
dialect story as we'll as any man on this
revolving footstool.- York World.
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fourth year. The entire California fish

fourth year. The entire California fish
cries are said to produce from 900, 900 to
700, 900 pounds of mother-of- per
annum. In the Bahamas the small fish
cries form an important industry. The
pearls found in them are rose -colored, yel-
low or black; the first mentioned alone
possess any value.
In Ohio pearl fisheries are carried on
in Little Miami river. The season lasts
from June till October. Men and boys
wade in the river and bring up the pearl
oysters with their feet. The shells are
opened with knife, and seldom are
more than two pearls found in 800 oys-
tiers. Pearl fisheries are also carried on
in the rivers of Norway, Bavaria and
Bohemia Washington Star.
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The Lightning and the Coins.

During the terrible volcanic eruptions
which took place in New Zealand in 1885
many strange things happened. In
small way what occurred to half SOW
ereign and four half-crowns was as Gu
rious as any of the greater results. These
five COINS lay peacefully in cash box,
the half-sovercign being placed on the
top of the half-crowns. Next came the
storm, in the midst of which the house
with the cash box was struck by light
ming and destroyed. After the ruins had
been dug up, the box was found and
opened. 1t was then seen that the coins
had been fused together, and, though
the face of the half-sovcrcign was not
damaged, the gold seemed to have been
driven through the middle of each of the
half-crowns, for the center of each coin
to the size of shilling was colored as if
by gold.
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Long Tunnels.

The total length of the Severn tunnel
is four miles 624 yards. The St. Gothard
tunnel is 1-2 miles. Mont Gents tunnel
7 1-S miles, Aribcrg tunnel (AuStrlp,
6 1-2 miles. There is tunnel in Massa-
chusetts 4 Sd miles; the Standegc tun-
mel, on the London and Northwestern, Is
three miles long and the Box tunnel ra'
ther less. But the special feature of the
Severn tunnel lies in the fact that 2 IA
miles of it have been constructed from
forty-ive to 100 feet below the bed of a
rapid flowing tide estuary, offering engi-
necring difficulties which make it the
most remarkable tunnel in the world
PHILADELPHIA Call.
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The provisional stamps issued by the
towns in the Confederate States have a
market value, used or unused, from 80
cents to $50. The Scent and 10-cent
black of Goliad, Texas, issue of 1861, are
worth 500. The 2-cent black, issue of
1861, of Mobile, Ala, is worth, new, $50 {:
used, $50. The scent blue of Mobile,
Ala, issue of 1861, is worth $3.50, used.
The scent blue of Charleston, S. c., is
sue of 1861, used or unused, is worth
$3.50. The Scent red issue Of 1881 Of
Knoxville, Tenn, is worth $3.50. The
scent blue, issue of 1861, of Lynchburg,
"a, is worth, new, $40. The scent red
2-cent blue, issue of 1861, of Memphis,
Tenn, are worth 81 each, if new. Tho
2-ccnt blue and 2-Cent red of New Or
leans, La, issue of 1861, are worth, new,
81. SO each, and the Scent red, issue of
1861, Of Petersburg, Va, is worth, new,
$6.-Neao York World.
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MiSaDDIied Ingenuity.

Late in the evening one day last week
a colored woman by the rame of Nancy
Amstcad came to 'te store of G. ]. Hig-
gins, New Keut County, and bought
goods from him to the amount of $3 90
and handed him five dollar note He,
not noticing the note particularly, put it
into his purse and g7ve her the change.
Some time after she had left, however,
lie took out his purse again. ond on l,ok-
ing at the note discovered that it was
Confederate. The woman had dyed it a
deep green color. Nancy was arrested
and jailed.-Petcrsburg (Ku.) Eder-Ap-
pal.
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Market Value Of Confederate Postage
Stamps.

= All postage stamps issued by the Con-
federacy have market value, whether
used or unused. The following table
gives the prices chargedby dealers. They
usually pay from onc-third to one-half of
the prices quoted for the same stamps:
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truding teeth give them q peculiarly

truding teeth give them q peculiarly
sinister appearance.
The two-headed cow breathes and
smells with both heads, but her feed
ing is confined to one. The sacred
Burmese cattle eat common everyday
hay like their American contemporary,
and court a gentle scratching between
the eyes. Straw, hay, bran, cabbage,
carrots, all 60 down the red lane of
the $1,000 rhinoccros with seemingly
equal satisfaction to his nibs from the
Nilc.-Neu York Sun,
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Rhynle and Reason.

He who takes paper,
And pays his bill when due,
Can live in peace with God and man
And with the printer, too.
Nashville lN C.l Courier.
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A tremendous crop of peaches is looked
for this year.
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pearl fishing. The divers wear no special
suit, but simply rub their body with oil,
so the sun may not blister their skin
They remain under the water ore to two
minutes, and bring up oysters from a
depth of twenty fathoms. They rarely
60 to such 4 depth, but the finest oysters
are found there. Thus in many fishing
grounds, which were supposed to be ex-
hausted, a great many pearl-oysters are
found in deep water.
Besides the pearl oyster, there is often
found in the lagoons of the Pacific Ocean
a kind of Venus shell, which often con-
tain pearls of great value. In the Pacific
there is found another pcarl-producing
mollusk, whose shells greatly resemble
those of the common oyster. They are
always found attached to rocks, invaria-
bly, one by itself; and they are quite rare.
Their pearls are always perfectly round,
with fine lustrc and gold color, of
about the size of Il pea
The Central American pearl fisheries
are carried on on both sides of the 18th
mus of Panama. In the lower part of the
Bay of Mulcge, in the Gulf of California,
and near Los Coyntcs, pearls or great
value have been found. 1t is generally
supposed that row of pearl beds ex-
tends from the Gulf of Daricn to Califor-
MIA. The fisheries are carried on from
July till October; during the rest of the
year storms and cold weather prevent
fishing. Diving suits are generally used.
The mother-of-pearl from the Gulf of
California is white, with blush black or
yellow bands. The fisheries were carried
on to such an excess that the size of the
sci, decreased from year to year; fish
ing is therefore now permitted only every
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rRorz1No At FLEETWOOD PARK.
Some Of the Fast Rond.ters that Have Been
Speedod During the Week.

Fleetwood Park presented an animated
scene last week. The trotting was perfect and
the track In fine condition. During the trotting
meeting Mr.. E. Parsons, Jr.. bet 500 that his
b. G. st. Louis would beat the time OF the best
heat in the $40 class yesterday. Murphy drove
him In harness q mile In 2:32. and then. to the
surprise Of the crowd sent him mile In 2:27
without a skip or break, winning the bet. The
fastest mile made In the $40 class was ASK.
Johnny Murphy drove Gabe Cases 5-year- old
b. c. Albert H. three single miles in harness in
2:4O. 2:35. and 2:34h, and John j.. .Quinn's z
sHa q q Eo ggss tF0tsd mile in 2s
On match VII be srotted be-
by Lookout. dam Laura Fair and j. MeMiI.
lans bay gelding Coy. Hill. It Is for $500 q
Many Of the members are also In favor OF
giving cup race for the same day. to I'LL out
My drase NJ " f. bay
Western Belle Q mile in harness in 2:2L
MILE IN hsrnssa lns Sra
z green chestnut mare said to be by Daniel
John Murphy SAMPLED Keene Jim, and gave
him three heats Of one mile each In 2:25, 2:26h.
mao made eh n first half OF the last mile was
A brush took place between, B. G. Smiths
may lady oy crusader at osce took
lead. and was tlrs, by half II dozen lengths In
2:23. Lady Loye's time was 2:26.
Mr. Fred Gerkens gray eeiding Orlando b.
was driven by him to u top road wagon mile
in 40, and james Wilson Of Easton. Pa, drove
a fne-Ooking chestnut team of road horses
mile to a road wagon In 2:49.
Mr. w; Grosscup OF Baltimore sent his cross
bresn ssas Rs s s%nss o e. sod
heat. They trotted fairly and squarely with
out u break, making the first mile in $40 and
A match has long been talked OF between
MT Frank Works new purchase. the gray
Bay seIdins COMPANY no Tor dinner r. houston
The North Hudson Driving Park Association
announce races each week. beginning on
son, at their half-mile track at Gutenberg
They will alternate with the days Of the Clifton
No purse Of less than $500 Is on the programme
Of the first week.
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TIE FEVER IN TAMPA
Doctsrs Disagree to Whether IL is Eel.
low Jack or Deague.

Doctsrs Disagree as to Whether is as Yei.
low Jack or Dengue.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-The Marine Hos
pital Bureau has received the following from
Deputy Collector Spencer. Tampa, Fla:
"Twenty-six cases In all; two deaths ques-
tionable as to cause Of death Of the two; ma
jority Of sick conyalescing; town depopulated
and very little material left. Doctors disagree
as to whether disease Is denRue or yellow fever"
Dr. George W. stoner. Chief OF the Quaran-
tine division. says that II It is dengue there Is
no cause for alarm nor necessity for rigid
quarantine. but II doubt exists, 1t Ia proper
to act on the side OF safety.
DenRue, or as II Is sometimes called, break
bone fever Is very distressing infectious
disease-not contagious In the usual acceptR-
tlon OF the term and rarely fatal unless COM
plicated with other disease. Dengue prevailed
IN the West Indies and In many places In the
South about hlty years ago. and was prevalent
in several Southern cities In 1880, especially in
Charleston, where about four tifths Of the pop
ulation was attacked. but only few deaths
relatively occurred In yellow fever. on the
other hand, the mortality ID sometimes as
high as IS per cent. and. u not controlled By
proper quarantine restrictions the disease
may spread from place to place during warm
weather. Frost kills it, Dr. Btoner believes
the disease at Tampa to DO yellow fever.
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IN MEMORY OF JOHN b. FINCH.
Prohibitionists Mourn the Sudden Death d
their Ablest Leader.

Prohibitionists Mourn the Sudden Death OF
their Abiest Leader.
The first meeting Of the season Of the
American Temperance Union had been set for
yesterday In Chickering Hall, and Mr.. John B.
Finch, the Prohibition leader, was to have been
the principal speaker. His sudden death
changed what was to have been the opening OF
the campaign into memorial service.
The hall was filled. On the platform were
various appropriate texts. In front OF the
draped speakers stand were the words: John
B. Finoh-Entered into Rest" At the back Of
the platform were the last words OF John B.
Gough-"Make your record Clean" A crayon
portrait Of the dead leader was placed by the
speakers stand. Beside President Bogardus
was vacant chair draped in mourning.
The first speaker was the Rev. DR.. Cuyler
President OF the National Temperance Society
II have been acquainted with the leaders OF
forty 1--we years. No other man at the age o OF
80 had 70 vide Ush q 50 wide
inch a man. in his superb physique. In his
smile as sweet as summer-strange, brethren,
bearing. in the courage Of his convictions, In
Master i, and his fellow men; On Sassti9ns p
was an earnest partisan Prohibitionist. ] am
q nc non; partisan, yet always honored his zeal
anu MS lnterplulty.
Gen. Clinton b. Fisk said:
Outside OF his bereaved family there Is nowhere moro
sincere mourning than here where no nst spoke to
where expected To hear his musical voice odAy IL
Is too soon TO speak OF him He was q wonderful.
many sided mana constant student close thinker
mastery orator. He by far the most convincing
speaker ever listened to on any platform.
The Rev, DR.. I. X. Funk. editor OF the Voice,
implicitly obeyed as was Mr. Finch In his last
years. Almost the last words that he had
heard Mr.. Finch say wero. Let there be no
There were short addresses 6y DR.. ID. II.
Mann, Grand Chief Templar, /. Q, of 7. OF
9orE state U and SsSsTs q aeso
lutions expressing the loss OF the party by the
death Of Mr. Finch and coincidence with his